Online Learning News - October 21, 2020

How to Use Chatbots and Intelligent Systems to Provide 24/7 Tutoring to Students

Monday, October 26, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET)

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Chatbots and intelligent tutoring systems can support students and instructors by offering 24x7 advice and information. They are increasingly used by colleges and universities to support teaching, student services, registration and recruitment. Whether using IBM Watson, Google’s DeepMind or other software, artificially intelligent agents and avatars are finding their ways onto phones, tablets and desktop to support students.

In this interactive webinar, we examine:

• The current state of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbots
• Examples of how they are used in colleges and universities, both in a variety of registration and recruitment activities and in tutoring
• Advanced examples of chatbots supporting learning
• “What’s next?” for intelligent tutors

Host: Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd, Chief Innovation Officer, Contact North | Contact Nord

Introducing Faculty Training in Online Learning at FernUniversität, Germany

Read about the eTeaching Certificate designed and offered at FernUniversität, Germany to train professors, researchers and post-doctoral researchers, all of whom have teaching responsibility. The Certificate involves 100 hours of time and is self-paced in terms of choice of courses and when to take them, with the program spread over two years or completed much more quickly depending on faculty choice.

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Why Technology is NOT the Answer!
The Challenges for Higher Education Post-COVID-19

Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET)

Host: Audrey Watters, journalist specializing in education technology news and analysis

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Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Post

In this blog post, Dr. Bates highlights an application of virtual reality used at Arizona State University to provide three immersive ‘adventures’ for its Introductory Biology course.

Read Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates’ blog post:

Arizona State to offer a VR experience for Introductory Biology

3 New Webinars Added for November 2020!

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1. 10 Developments in Online and Remote Education That Makes Us Hopeful

   Wednesday, November 4, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (ET)
   
   Host: Dr. Maria Anderson, CEO of CourseTune

2. How to Apply a Low-Tech Approach for Successful Remote Learning: 10 Proven Principles, 12 Dos and 12 Don’ts

   Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (ET)

   Hosts: Tasneem Jaffer, Senior Project Coordinator and Learning Designer, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at University of Cape Town

   Shanali Govender, Lecturer, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at University of Cape Town

3. A Special Briefing on OECD’s 2020 Education at a Glance: Crucial Data for a Post-Covid-19 World

   Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (ET)

   Host: Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

View Contact North | Contact Nord’s full list of upcoming webinars

Explore the Largest Searchable Directory of Vendors of Online Learning Products and Services Worldwide!

With over 3,200 vendors of online learning products and services worldwide, this searchable directory provides colleges, universities, training providers, faculty and instructors with information on how to find the latest products and services to help improve the learning experience for their students.

These vendors offer products and services ranging from software to hosting and organizing learning content to adaptive learning systems that use intelligent algorithms to adjust learning to suit individual needs.

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Numérique 2020 | Journées du numérique en enseignement supérieur (Digital 2020 | Symposium on the Use of Digital Technology in Higher Education)

November 2-3, 2020

Université TÉLUQ is hosting a free virtual symposium in both French and English.

Participants will attend a series of highly informative presentations from researchers, instructors and professors, educational consultants, e-pedagogic project leads, managers, tutors and digital strategists from Quebec and around the world.

Topics include digital technology in education from the perspectives of emerging trends and the integration of technology into practice, as well as distance education and institutional transformation.

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Must-Read Books on Online Learning

Must-Read Books on Online Learning features books and articles of interest to those involved in the expansion and improvement of online learning.

Torrance, M. (2019). Agile for Instructional Designers: Iterative Project Management to Achieve Results. Alexandria, VA: Association for Talent Development.

Written for those who create blended and fully online training experiences, this book explains how the principles and practices of agile production can be used to manage multiple, competing projects – something all who have worked in Centre for Teaching and Learning know a lot about. Megan Torrance adapts the ADDIE methodology for design to fit with known best practices in agile production. A helpful, practical and insightful book it will help all – new or “old” hands – manage the growing number of demands for better courses online, ontime.

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